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Travel Diary

Every trip written down before your flight home lands

You plan trips in Todoist, put flights and hotels on Google Calendar, check in on Swarm, post photos to Bluesky, and play music the whole way. deariary turns all of it, the list you ticked off, the places you walked through, the moment you stopped for a photo, into a single travel diary entry every morning.

Services to connect

Sign up for the following services and enable tracking (e.g. Google Calendar sync, Swarm check-ins, Last.fm scrobbler).

Todoist Turn completed tasks into a record of your day Google Calendar Turn your schedule into diary context Swarm Turn your check-ins into a diary of places you visited Bluesky Capture your social posts, reposts, and likes Last.fm Track what you listened to, every day

A day in your life

Last night

Final packing check: passport, adapter, train pass. Every item ticked off before bed.

6:30 AM

Calendar alert fires: TAP 205 to Lisbon at 9:20 AM. Hotel check-in already pinned to the evening.

11:40 AM

In-flight playlist scrobbles. A Madredeus album, then a long lo-fi mix across the Atlantic.

1:45 PM

First check-in of the trip: Manteigaria in Chiado. A pastel de nata fresh from the oven.

5:20 PM

Posted a photo from Miradouro da Senhora do Monte at golden hour. "Made it." 38 likes before sundown.

10:00 PM

Added "Book Porto train for tomorrow" to the trip list while the hotel bath filled up.

Next morning

Day one of the trip is already written. Plans, places, photos, and your own moments woven into one entry.

Sample diary entry

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Plans & Movement

Departure day, Lisbon leg. Out the door at 6:30 AM with the Todoist packing list finally at zero. TAP 205 into LIS, wheels-down a little after 1 PM local.

Hotel check-in slid neatly onto the calendar for the evening.

Places

First stop after the airport metro: Manteigaria in Chiado. A warm pastel de nata straight out of the oven and a short black coffee standing at the counter. Wandered up to Miradouro da Senhora do Monte as the sun started dropping. Trams rattling below, tiled rooftops catching the last light.

Three check-ins, three neighborhoods walked through.

Music

32 scrobbles in the air. Madredeus' Ainda held up the first leg, then a long lo-fi mix carried the rest of the flight.

Moments & Notes

Posted a Miradouro photo to Bluesky, "Made it." 38 likes by the time I got back to the hotel. Friends chimed in with restaurant recommendations for tomorrow.

Before bed, added "Book Porto train for tomorrow" to the trip list. Already thinking ahead to day two.

A flight, a first pastel de nata, tiled rooftops at golden hour, and a list shrinking on its own. A good first day on the road.

Generated by deariary

Highlights

Check-ins 3 places
Lisbon 2026 / Trip tasks 12 done, 3 added
Madredeus / Top Artist 14 plays
Ainda / Top Album 11 plays
Posts 2 posts, 38 likes

Photos

Tiled rooftops from Miradouro da Senhora do Monte at golden hour
Pastel de nata at Manteigaria in Chiado

Places

  1. Swarm

    Manteigaria

    Rua do Loreto 2, Chiado, Lisbon

  2. Swarm

    Miradouro da Senhora do Monte

    Largo Monte, Graça, Lisbon

  3. Swarm

    A Cevicheria

    Rua Dom Pedro V 129, Príncipe Real, Lisbon

How the diary gets written

Fully automatic

  • Flights, hotels, and itineraries on Google Calendar.
  • Trip tasks you complete. Todoist captures each ticked item.
  • Music you play. Last.fm scrobbles every track on planes, trains, and walks.

Set them up before the trip and forget. They run in the background while you actually travel.

Up to you

  • Check in on Swarm at places worth remembering, with a tip, a note, or a photo
  • Love the tracks that carried a moment, or tag an album
  • Post a photo or a line of reaction along the way

These are the parts that make a travel diary feel like yours. A check-in, a photo, a tasting note, they end up in the entry, in your own voice.

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